Police agents forcefully evicted the nurses from the Ministry of Labor after giving them five minutes to abandon the building. The unionized nurses had occupied the Ministry for 12 days to pressure for the approval of their demands for a salary increase. In the clash, which occurred at 3 am on Monday, three nurses broke their legs, another an arm, and another ended with two broken ribs. The police forces took advantage that several of the striking nurses had gone to their home towns for the weekend and would be returning on Monday morning. The Ministry of Labor had suspended services last week due to the occupation. The nurses moved into the locale of the Confederaci?n Aut?noma Sindical Clasista. Minister of Labor Rafael Alburquerque justified the eviction saying that the state cannot allow its services to be disrupted because the common interest is above the interest of a particular group. Police vigilance was set up at that public building as well as others to impede a future takeover by the striking nurses.
